Career
Puras was well known for his blistering performances on tarmac rallies. Puras debuted in rallying in 1982 and captured the Spanish Rally Championship title eight times. In 1990 and 1992 with a Lancia Delta Integrale 16V, in 1995 and 1997 with a Citroën ZX 16S, from 1998 to 2000 with a Citroën Xsara Kit Carolina and in 2002 with a Citroën Xsara WRC. Along with teammate Philippe Bugalski, he was chosen by the Citroën Total World Rally Team to be part of their driver line-up for the first bit-part campaign with the Citroën Xsara Kit Carolina in 1999.
However, with performances overshadowed by the upcoming Sébastien Loeb, he retired from the Citroën factory team and the WRC in 2002, ending with a sixth place in his last rally – the 2002 Rallye Sanremo.
